Last month, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released its statistics for False Claims Act (FCA) enforcement during fiscal year 2025. Settlements and judgments exceeded a record-breaking $6.8 billion, and the DOJ recorded the highest number of whistleblower qui tam lawsuits ever filed, totaling 1,297. These numbers reflect the DOJ’s “commitment to holding bad actors accountable,” with particular emphasis on cases holding government contractors and grantees accountable for knowingly misrepresenting their compliance with applicable cybersecurity requirements.
Cybersecurity enforcement gained significant momentum in fiscal year 2025, with the DOJ recovering more than $52 million across nine cybersecurity-related FCA settlements. This represents a substantial increase from years past, with total recoveries in this area more than tripling in each of the past two years. Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brenna Jenny characterized this growth as a “significant upward trajectory” and confirmed that cybersecurity fraud remains a key FCA enforcement priority.
The Biden-era Civil Cyber-Fraud Initiative, first announced in October 2021, used the FCA’s treble damages and penalties to pursue entities that knowingly made false claims of compliance with contractual cybersecurity obligations. Although DOJ no longer refers to the Initiative by name, since it was first launched, DOJ has...
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